Buckle.



m. 67l 336. Patented Apr. 2, I901.

s. GANZ.

BUCKLE.

Application filed: June 15. 1900.

(No Model.)

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SAUL GANZ, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.,

PATENT OFFICE.

ASSIGNOR TO DAVID LISNER, OF

SAME PLACE.

BUCKLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 671,336, dated April 2,190i.

Application filed June 15, 1900.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, SAUL GANZ, a citizen of the United States, residingin the city, county, and State of New York, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Buckles, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention has relation to belts for personal wear; and the object ofthe invention is to provide in a simple and inexpensive manner means forpermitting the adjustment about the body of the wearer very snugly andwithout lost motion.

In belts having prongs projecting from the buckles they are usuallypivotal and of considerable length comparatively, andin securing thebelt either the body of the wearer has to be controlled considerably toprovide sufficient subsequent tightness of the belt about the person, orotherwise in drawing the belt back upon the prongs considerableslackness will ensue, this being due to the considerable length of theprongs. Furthermore, no means have been provided in belt-bucklesemploying prongs as the securing means which permit of the connection ofthe belt with the buckle at the unrestricted points along the length ofthe belt, nor, so far as I know, has a belt ever been constructed whereeasilypenetratable material has been employed for the body of the beltin combination with the fixed prong or prongs so secured to the bucklethat it or they will be fixedly presented in a direction opposite to theline of stress of the belt when in use, nor where such instrumentalitieshave been combined with a belt-body fixedly secured at one end to a partof the buckle at a point between the prongs, which norm ally projectoutwardly from the belt,and an intermediate crossbar. I accomplish theseresults in the device hereinafter described, and further illustrated inthe accompanying drawings, forming part hereof, in which Figure l is aperspective view of the buckle. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the belt. Fig.3 is a sectional elevation on the line 3 3, Fig. 2,1ooking in thedirection of the arrow. Fig. 4 is a fragmentary view of a modification.

Similar letters of reference indicate correspondin g parts throughoutthe several views.

In the embodiment of my invention here- Serial No. 20,448. (No 5.0.1.1.)

in illustrated, A is the buckle, and B the beltbody. The former consistsof a rectangular frame having side bars 0 O, end bars D D, and a centralcross-bar E, set in lugs F, so as to lie below the level of the sidebars 0 O. The frame is given an outward curve to more closely fit thebody of the wearer. At G are the prongs secured to the under side of theend bar D and comprising the pendent shank H and outwardly-extendingpenetrating point or tooth I. The prongs are set in advance of thecross-bar E and are located on the under or inner side of the buckle.They have their teeth projecting outwardly, preferably beyond the bar D,and there are two (and may be more) of them, preferably located adjacentthe edge of the buckle or the side bar if the latter comprise a part ofthe frame of the buckle.

One end J of the belt-body is fixed to the cross-bar E by a loop K or inany other de sired way,while the free end L of the belt-body B isadapted to be laced when applied to the person through the bucklebetween the side bars 0 C, over the cross-bar E, and under or behind theend bar D.

The material of whichthe belt-body B is made is largely a matter ofchoice, except that it should be of such a character that it may beeasily penetrated by the prongs. If it is desired to use leather orkindred materials, holes should be formed in the body at very frequentintervals in order to preserve the nicety of adjustment and closeness offit which is the main object of my improvement. However, I prefer thatthe belt'body be made of ribbon or a band of silk or analogous material,as very dressy effects can be obtained thereby, and in order to give theinterlaced portion of the belt-body-that is, that portion embracedwithin the limits of the buckle-a puffed effect the cross-bar E can beraised or humped upwardly between the bars 0 G, as

ment of the belt 'will force it'up the pron-gs against their'shanks'andbe there'heldfin position by the distending stress placed upon the beltwhen in use. Thus very little slack in the belt results aftersecurement, and the belt not onlycan be drawn as tightly as needfulwithout liability of its slackening o'ut,-,-

and intermediate cross-bars, and to be imbut the greatest amplitude ofadjustment and facility of attachment can be obtained in a Very simpleand expeditious manner and without the employment of complicated andawayfrom the shanks below theplaue of said cross-bar, "an intermediatecross-bar, and a cross-bar opposite the said end cross-bar, the

said parts being adapted to cooperate with a belt-body so that thelatter may be fixed to the intermediate cross-bar, be disposed in aloop, its free end received between the end paled on the said shanksabove the penetrat ing points.

2. A buckle comprising an open frame hav- 'ing side bars 0, O, and endcross-bars D, D, a bar E crossing the open space of the frameintermediate of the end cross-bars, and prongs G secured to the underside of the bar D within its edges having the pendent shanks andpenetrating points I extending in a direction away from the cross-bar Eand substantially parallel to the lower horizontal plane of the

